Daniel Dubois survived two knockdowns – the primary after simply 10 seconds – to dethrone a bloodied however brave Fabio Wardley within the eleventh spherical of an exciting heavyweight basic and develop into a two-time world champion.
Wardley floored his fellow Briton early with a flush proper hand and dropped him once more within the third, earlier than Dubois regrouped and responded with wave after wave of heavy photographs.
The Ipswich fighter, his nostril damaged and one eye swollen shut, staggered across the ring but one way or the other stayed on his ft and continued to fireplace again.
As the competition drifted into uncomfortable territory, the referee had ultimately seen sufficient and halted the struggle. A distraught Wardley sank to his knees as Dubois celebrated capturing the WBO heavyweight title.
